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AI agents that automate scientific literature research and discovery.

FutureHouse is a nonprofit AI-for-science lab building AI agents that automate steps of the research process. Its free FutureHouse Platform exposes specialized agents — including Crow, Falcon, Owl, and Phoenix — for literature search, synthesis, and chemistry, plus Kosmos, an 'AI Scientist' that runs autonomous multi-step analyses. The agents are available through a web app and an open API.

Autonomous AI labs pursuing scientific superintelligence.

Lila Sciences is building a 'scientific superintelligence' platform that pairs a proprietary AI model with autonomous AI Science Factory lab instruments to generate hypotheses, design and run experiments, and learn in real time. It offers Catalyst, which augments existing R&D, and Creation, for new discoveries, across materials, therapeutics, chemicals, and energy. It is a platform and research company engaged through partnership rather than self-serve.

AI scientists paired with autonomous labs to discover new materials.

Periodic Labs is building AI scientists and the autonomous laboratories for them to operate, automating hypothesis generation, experiments, and analysis across the physical sciences. Its initial targets include discovering higher-temperature superconductors and new materials for chipmakers. It is a research-stage company deploying with industry partners rather than a self-serve product.

Autonomous AI research lab whose agents run experiments end-to-end.

Autoscience is an applied research lab building a virtual laboratory of autonomous AI scientists that generate hypotheses, design and run machine-learning experiments, and write up the results. Its agent Carl authored a full-length paper that passed double-blind peer review with only minor human edits. The San Mateo company raised a $14M seed round in March 2026 led by General Catalyst.